We lost Williams, Odigie, Sjolund, Vila, Vulakic and Hess. So far we have gained Giffa, Maring, Saterfield and Sibley.
I think Jamari Sibley is an instant impact player.s. Sibley is 6'8” 200 lbs., extremely agile with a chip on his shoulder. He was a 4 star, top 100 recruit for Georgetown so he has skill and a big upside. He also practiced and played against some very talented Big East bigs for an entire season. But, being an inside banger might not be his best role. We'll see.
To fully understand Sibley you have to understand more about coach Patrick Ewing and the Goergetown environment last season. Georgetown was picked last in the Big East and that put a lot of pressure on Ewing who is a hard core competitor. He ruffled some feathers on the team which caused the “Great Defection” and many players transferred, but Sibley stayed. However, Sibley didn't play the first several games and after that, only sparingly. There was some criticism in the press on the subject.
It's possible that Jamorko Pickett who started every game, 6.3 rpg, 29 blocks and Qudus Wahab who started 25 games with 8.2 rpg and second leading scorer were all that Ewing needed at forward.
Then, about mid season the Hoyas started to click and went from the bottom of the league to peaking for the conference tourney and intimately won it. The Hoyas smothering defense was credited for their winning streak.
Next, another look at what we got and what we lost.
I think Jamari Sibley is an instant impact player.s. Sibley is 6'8” 200 lbs., extremely agile with a chip on his shoulder. He was a 4 star, top 100 recruit for Georgetown so he has skill and a big upside. He also practiced and played against some very talented Big East bigs for an entire season. But, being an inside banger might not be his best role. We'll see.
To fully understand Sibley you have to understand more about coach Patrick Ewing and the Goergetown environment last season. Georgetown was picked last in the Big East and that put a lot of pressure on Ewing who is a hard core competitor. He ruffled some feathers on the team which caused the “Great Defection” and many players transferred, but Sibley stayed. However, Sibley didn't play the first several games and after that, only sparingly. There was some criticism in the press on the subject.
It's possible that Jamorko Pickett who started every game, 6.3 rpg, 29 blocks and Qudus Wahab who started 25 games with 8.2 rpg and second leading scorer were all that Ewing needed at forward.
Then, about mid season the Hoyas started to click and went from the bottom of the league to peaking for the conference tourney and intimately won it. The Hoyas smothering defense was credited for their winning streak.
Next, another look at what we got and what we lost.
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